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It is cardio. It works your lower ab and your legs. If it has the arm moving feature, it can also work your arms and upper back. It isn't really weight bearing, or not much anyway, so it doesn't do much for your bones. If it is what you enjoy, then stay with it, since finding exercises that you enjoy help you stick with them. Perhaps once or more a week you can try another machine or do other cardio.

You can make it a great cardio if you do interval training on it. There are several way to do so and an internet search would help. An example----go all out for 20 seconds and then slower for 10 seconds. Or go all out for a minute and rest for 30 seconds. You should only be able to do so for about 20 minutes. Search something called Tabata. More and more trainers are going to this type of cardio for fat loss instead of "long, slow burns". It really revs up your metabolism. Do a search and find out:-) You can get great results in half the time IF you really push yourself. That is why sprinters are the athletes with the best bodies and lowest body fat---research it:-)

Answer by
Anonymous
at 10:16 AM on Mar. 12, 2009

LOL- I had so many spelling errors in my other statements I went ahead and deleted them!

My daughter and I took spinning together at the college. One teacher was a "normal" certified spinning teacher. She was ok--nothing super tough. The other one was awesome--she was an ultra distance marathon runner and it was tough!!!!! But it is basically learning to do interval training on the bike:-)

Answer by
Anonymous
at 2:01 PM on Mar. 12, 2009

It is not a full body workout unless you use hand weights and work your arms. A full body incorporates all the major muscles and sitting on a bike pedaling isn't going to work your arms/shoulders. There is some core in there for the balance:-)